Opelika Middle School

Opelika Middle School, a sprawling intermediate school in Opelika, Alabama, operated by Opelika City, caters to 812 students, covering grades 4 through 8. By comparison, Alabama's public schools average about 508 students each, so Opelika Middle School sits 60% above that benchmark.

Opelika City runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,377 students. Opelika Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Opelika Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 28% White, 18% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Opelika Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.9%.

In the area at large, Lee County reports that median household income runs about $65,824, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,812 students), of which Opelika Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Northside School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Opelika Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

Opelika Middle School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 1,018 students in 2018 compared to 812 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 18% across the same window.

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